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lyndon johnson did it in 1964. presidents note going into war is not a signal to send at election time. the problem with the war powers resolution, congress has to act. once the present engages in military activity, all the arguments that we all know will come up. it cannot cut off funds with dark men and women in combat. -- cannot cut off funds with our men and women in combat. once you are allowed president to go out and take the initiative, your opportunity as a legislative body is pretty well taken away >> you are saying congress has not provided the president with the obvious tools that they want him to use in case of an emergency or where he thinks the national interest is at stake? you want congress to say that in a given situation, we do not like that one. he is in a much different position. texas from his position for congress's when the president has to go and get authority. >> it is in order, you have to vote on it. >> i think technically in terms of the statute, i would agree with you, but i do not thin
lyndon johnson did it in 1964. presidents note going into war is not a signal to send at election time. the problem with the war powers resolution, congress has to act. once the present engages in military activity, all the arguments that we all know will come up. it cannot cut off funds with dark men and women in combat. -- cannot cut off funds with our men and women in combat. once you are allowed president to go out and take the initiative, your opportunity as a legislative body is pretty...
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everyone remembers hubert humphrey as someone looking lyndon johnson's puts the whole time, with no mind of his gun. people do not understand the pressure he was -- no mind of his own. people do not understand the pressure he was under. >> as the conflict in egypt grows more violent, foreign policy experts discussed the it of violence and the administration response. this event was hosted by the brookings institution. it was just over an hour. admit -- brookis instituon, and this is a little bit more than an>> f "meethe press" at brookings with david gregory. we bring this to you together with the center. the director was with us this morning on the panel as well. he is a expert on the u.s. national security and military affairs. he has been the director of persian gulf affairs for the national security council. is the author of "path out of the desert: the grand strategy for america in the middle east." we are very glad to welcome to "meet the press" at brookings, the associate dean at the school for our services at georgetown university. she was for a decade the executive director of f
everyone remembers hubert humphrey as someone looking lyndon johnson's puts the whole time, with no mind of his gun. people do not understand the pressure he was -- no mind of his own. people do not understand the pressure he was under. >> as the conflict in egypt grows more violent, foreign policy experts discussed the it of violence and the administration response. this event was hosted by the brookings institution. it was just over an hour. admit -- brookis instituon, and this is a...
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he lost the 1964 presidential election to lyndon johnson galvanize the conservative movement. five-term senator from arizona is key feature of this week on "the contenders." republican presidential editor rick santorum says he does not have faith in the members of the work of the super committee. he made these remarks at a union leader newspaper editorial meeting in manchester, new hampshire. he also talked about the sexual allegations against herman cain. this is about an hour. this is the third time the c- span folks have come into video tape, but forget they are there. we do. i usually say i am willing to let the other guys ask the questions, and then i asked how the questions i am cutting down this time. i did not have time to research that much. you are known for your strong stance on social issues, which i imagine you have been speaking out about on the campaign trail, but timing being everything this cycle seems to be all about the economy and jobs. how does a guy that draws upon conservative voters address that bottle? >> i am known for my social conservative stance, b
he lost the 1964 presidential election to lyndon johnson galvanize the conservative movement. five-term senator from arizona is key feature of this week on "the contenders." republican presidential editor rick santorum says he does not have faith in the members of the work of the super committee. he made these remarks at a union leader newspaper editorial meeting in manchester, new hampshire. he also talked about the sexual allegations against herman cain. this is about an hour. this...
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. >> he lost the 1954 president -- the 1964 presidential election to lyndon johnson, but barry goldwater galvanized the conservative movement. this week on "the contenders," from the goldwater institute in .hoenix >> i will you all to know that those of you who wanted me to run so badly and were so terribly disappointed, i'm doing the right thing. >> to establish a constructive and realistic working relationship with the soviet union. >> with every program since 1987, the c-span video library is the definitive source for on- line public affairs. now there is a new way to access our programming. download and listen to and the three audio for every available c-span program, just 99 cents each. takes c-span with you on your eye -- on your iphone, in troy, or any portable device. secretary of state hillary clinton was the keynote speaker at the national democratic institute's 2011 democracy awards dinner last night. she talked about the transition that is under way at the barracks spring country. -- the arabs bring countries. -- the arab spring countries. comments are about 40 minutes. >> it
. >> he lost the 1954 president -- the 1964 presidential election to lyndon johnson, but barry goldwater galvanized the conservative movement. this week on "the contenders," from the goldwater institute in .hoenix >> i will you all to know that those of you who wanted me to run so badly and were so terribly disappointed, i'm doing the right thing. >> to establish a constructive and realistic working relationship with the soviet union. >> with every program...
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lyndon johnson said in 1960, the first time after martin luther king, jr., received a peace prize, dr. king went with a group of us, and we met with president lyndon johnson, and he said common-law -- and he says, you need to sign it. he said, make me. that is what we did. you need to get out there and push and pull. as in the congress, we have three major trade bills that are pending, and people want it. they call every single day trying to get the votes from the ways and means committee. i say, no way. it means the transfer of jobs here, and the other side of congress, they do not have the will to vote for the trade adjustment act, and it is ok. if you lose your job, we are not going to help you. we are not going to make money available for training. we cannot stand for that. you need to help us fight. we never had a web site. we never heard of the internet. we did not have a facebook. we did not have done ipad. we did not even have a fax machine, but we use what we had, and you have got to use what you have. do not be quiet. stand up. speak out. do it. >> we are coming very close t
lyndon johnson said in 1960, the first time after martin luther king, jr., received a peace prize, dr. king went with a group of us, and we met with president lyndon johnson, and he said common-law -- and he says, you need to sign it. he said, make me. that is what we did. you need to get out there and push and pull. as in the congress, we have three major trade bills that are pending, and people want it. they call every single day trying to get the votes from the ways and means committee. i...
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. >> he lost the 1964 presidential election to lyndon johnson. barry goldwater's idf and cantor galvanize the conservative movement. the senator from arizona is featured this week on "the contenders." friday at 8:00. >> tomorrow, on "washington journal," bill gertz will stop by and discuss the watchdog report on iran's nuclear program. later, our military week series continues with a look at the u.s. air force and the announcement last month that it will cut thousands of jobs. air force deputy chief of staff will take your calls. "washington journal" is life every morning starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span. this morning, one of our guests from the american small manufacturers coalition. >> "washington journal" continues. host: turning to economic business matters, specifically manufacturing, we have the executive director of the american small manufacturing coalition, carrie hines. thank you for being here. guest: thank you for having me. host: what is a small business manufacturer? guest: any manufacturing firm that has less than 500 employees.
. >> he lost the 1964 presidential election to lyndon johnson. barry goldwater's idf and cantor galvanize the conservative movement. the senator from arizona is featured this week on "the contenders." friday at 8:00. >> tomorrow, on "washington journal," bill gertz will stop by and discuss the watchdog report on iran's nuclear program. later, our military week series continues with a look at the u.s. air force and the announcement last month that it will cut...
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some of whitney young's ideas were incorporated into president lyndon johnson's war on poverty. over 40 years ago. yet discouraged, is still with us. before the war on poverty and the great society, we had the new deal. all of these investments in america helped to move us forward as a nation, but some communities have been left behind each time. and we've begun to call them persistent poverty communities. places that have had more than 20% of their population living beneath the poverty level for more than 30 years. approximate 58% of all counties in america qualify as persistent poverty counties under this definition. these counties are diverse and spread across the country. including appalachia communities in kentucky and west virginia, native american communities in south dakota and alaska, latino communities in arizona and new mexico. african-american communities in mississippi and south carolina. and urban communities in philadelphia, new york, baltimore, and st. louis. . democrats represent 149 of these counties with a total population of 8.7 million. the republicans repre
some of whitney young's ideas were incorporated into president lyndon johnson's war on poverty. over 40 years ago. yet discouraged, is still with us. before the war on poverty and the great society, we had the new deal. all of these investments in america helped to move us forward as a nation, but some communities have been left behind each time. and we've begun to call them persistent poverty communities. places that have had more than 20% of their population living beneath the poverty level...
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. >> he lost the presidential election to lyndon johnson but barry goldwater's ideas galvanized the conservative movement. he is featured this week on the c-span series "the contenders." >> the cbs chief news correspondent discussed last night what it is like to report form war zone, especially how they are concerned with personal safety. she was a salted last month -- last year. this is part of the series, hosted by a cbs correspondent and hosted by the national press club. >> hello and welcome. we are joined by lara logan is a foreign affairs correspondent for cbs. after working for a few newspapers in south africa, where she was born, she joined reuters television before freelancing. in 2002, after reporting for cbs radio news, she joined the network itself. her career has skyrocketed. first-come reporting on the war in iraq. in 2006, she was named the chief foreign correspondent for cbs and a regular contributor to "60 minutes." during the egyptian revolution, she was brutally assaulted and beaten while covering the story but she bounced right back and along the way winning many prizes and t
. >> he lost the presidential election to lyndon johnson but barry goldwater's ideas galvanized the conservative movement. he is featured this week on the c-span series "the contenders." >> the cbs chief news correspondent discussed last night what it is like to report form war zone, especially how they are concerned with personal safety. she was a salted last month -- last year. this is part of the series, hosted by a cbs correspondent and hosted by the national press...
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just like lyndon johnson and the many programs that kept the father out of the house. you do not have the dual system of parents hanging around and watching what they're students are doing and working at night. every problem we tend to have come to some extent, you can look at an underlying democratic cause that is what lies at the beginning. now it is amazing how it was more difficult years ago. now it is a problem getting the kids in the class by dropping the standards. if they keep giving money like that -- one colored deplored america for cutting education. -- caller deplored america for cutting education. it is not about the dollars. host: here is a question for you to insert this morning. there were comments about the recent job numbers. >> i said last month when we had an excellent jobs report, 100,000 above expectations, last friday it came in below expectations, do not make too much of any one job report, because they are highly variable. you want to look at the trend to get a more accurate barometer. the overall direction is some flow from the stiff winds of
just like lyndon johnson and the many programs that kept the father out of the house. you do not have the dual system of parents hanging around and watching what they're students are doing and working at night. every problem we tend to have come to some extent, you can look at an underlying democratic cause that is what lies at the beginning. now it is amazing how it was more difficult years ago. now it is a problem getting the kids in the class by dropping the standards. if they keep giving...
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i also realize as lyndon johnson once said, it's easy to get into war, hard as hell to get out of one. it is not easy to end this war. it won't be neat or pretty. i believe with all my heart it's in our national security interest to focus on al qaeda and not waste our precious blood and treasure in a conflict that can only be ended through a political solution. rather than crafting a compromise and trying to chart a middle course, i believe we need to change course. i urge the president of the united states to rethink our afghan policy. we think it in a way that brings our troops home sooner rather than later. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for five minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, we have a group of people in the united states who are all volunteers that i call the american angels abroad. they are el-- those thousands of peace corps volunteers throughout the world that are helping third world countries in many different ways. they go to remote areas of the world, far from home, far from their familie
i also realize as lyndon johnson once said, it's easy to get into war, hard as hell to get out of one. it is not easy to end this war. it won't be neat or pretty. i believe with all my heart it's in our national security interest to focus on al qaeda and not waste our precious blood and treasure in a conflict that can only be ended through a political solution. rather than crafting a compromise and trying to chart a middle course, i believe we need to change course. i urge the president of the...
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lyndon johnson did. every president in his office promises a better government, but it is quite hard to do. i was delighted that president obama mentioned reorganization the other night. great. about time he stepped into the conversation. but let's be serious about what a real overhaul of the federal government would mean. he talks about a real overhaul dating bacto the 1950's, since the last one. my dad was an auto parts dealer. i have a couple of friends whose parents were in auto parts. when somebody comes in for an overhaul, they're not talking about changing the spark plugs. they're talking about pulling the engine and doing a top-to- bottom job. the president is right to look at consolidation and overlap, but he has to expexpand the agenda. getting toome of the principles al gore listed, and getting to them hard through change. if he does not stepped up with his own big plan, the house republicans will be doing it, and that will be a lot more daging to how well government works. host: let's go to f
lyndon johnson did. every president in his office promises a better government, but it is quite hard to do. i was delighted that president obama mentioned reorganization the other night. great. about time he stepped into the conversation. but let's be serious about what a real overhaul of the federal government would mean. he talks about a real overhaul dating bacto the 1950's, since the last one. my dad was an auto parts dealer. i have a couple of friends whose parents were in auto parts. when...
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better batting average with the congress than any other president since the second world war, accept lyndon johnson was a little bit better than i was, but i work very closely with moderate and conservative democrats. some of the liberal spirit i worked closely with republicans as well appear the people i had trouble with were the very liberal democrats who the last couple of years were supporting senator ted kennedy, who wanted to run for president against me. i had a good working relationship with them. i think now, though, he is faced with a very difficult problem, with which all of you are familiar. there is one major difference between him and me as far as governing is concerned. when i had a major task to face as a president, with energy or with education, a new education department or things of that kind, the environment, i drafted all the legislation in the white house with a very wonderful staff, and we would bring in the top leaders in the congress, but democrats and republicans, of that particular committee to work with us on writing the legislation. then we set up a new departme
better batting average with the congress than any other president since the second world war, accept lyndon johnson was a little bit better than i was, but i work very closely with moderate and conservative democrats. some of the liberal spirit i worked closely with republicans as well appear the people i had trouble with were the very liberal democrats who the last couple of years were supporting senator ted kennedy, who wanted to run for president against me. i had a good working relationship...
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he was not leaking lyndon johnson's boots all the time. people did not understand the pressures he was under. >> "q&a", sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. next sunday, the founder of the american spectator magazine has written over a half dozen books. his latest, after the hang over, the conservatives road to recovery. join our three-shot conversation with your e-mail, phone calls, and tweets. >> earlier this week, the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on the constitutionality of the health care law. monday, u.s. district court judge roger vincent ruled the law was unconstitutional. he was the fourth battle district court judge to rule. this hearing is 2 hours 40 minutes. minutes. >> this hearing of the senate judiciary committee will come to order. i want to thank chairman leahy for allowing me to convene this hearing. hes expecting to be sure. the title is "the constitutionality of the affordable health care act." this is the first hearing on whether the law complies with the constitution. i would like to thank the chairman and also
he was not leaking lyndon johnson's boots all the time. people did not understand the pressures he was under. >> "q&a", sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. next sunday, the founder of the american spectator magazine has written over a half dozen books. his latest, after the hang over, the conservatives road to recovery. join our three-shot conversation with your e-mail, phone calls, and tweets. >> earlier this week, the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on the...